Continuity Sequence..

Firstly i shall sum up the meaning behind the sequence its about two best friends, one of which pretends to be a girl when really they are a man and are in fact in love with there best friend. This is what we chose to do Our Continuity sequence on, throughout we had to look at techniques such as camera angles these were the 180 degree rule, reverse shot and the over the shoulder shot. We kept to all of these not going over the 180 degree rule, and using a reverse shots between the two characters and over the shoulder shots when dialogue is being used.

There was only one minor aspect to the continuity sequence that failed and this is when we see the girls response to her best friend saying they are in love with her. The dialogue in this quick scene is "WHAT!" and there is a slight change in the camera angle as it looks as if the camera has moved down and is now slightly looking down on the girl. It is not that noticeable as this is were the continuity sequence picks up in speed and this quick clip is very short amongst the whole sequence, therefore little attention is drawn to it and it is rather unnoticeable.

I think overall everything went to plan, all of the speech used was right and we were able to use the room we wanted. So this overall makes the scene work better as its much quieter in there and this adds to the tension. We were able to find boy who would play the role, and one who could throw a funny voice, as this gives the scene the comedic element that we wanted to achieve. Everything seemed to flow in the scene due to its editing this was a key element we wanted, no jolts or messy camera work.

I like the contrast within the busy corridor and its loud noises arrupting from the other classrooms, then the character's are in this small little computer suite. It makes things seem much more tense and it gives the characters a niaviety and innocence. I also like all of the comedic elements we added such as the props for e.g. the boys brown haired plaited wig. I also like the continunity sequences length as its short this i think adds to the scenes simplisity which again adds to our comedic element also it makes this scene much more easily understandable for everyone.

I think the only thing i would like to change about this continuity sequence if i were to do it again would be that of the minor error that occurs throughout the speech of "WHAT!" Just because the slight difference in the camera angle although is not a major issue it would be the one slight change i would like to make, if i were to do this again. In doing this i would just allign the camera properly with the scene before it so every camera angle would be on the same level.

The things in which i have learn't from making this continuity sequence is that of a couple things, firstly the matter of rewinding the tapes in the video camera to the beginning when ever i want to start filming a sequence. Just because we found it quite hard to recover certain aspects to the sequence. Secondly i have learn't to film everything at once and if something needs to be re-filmed to be able to match the levels to the other scenes perfectly. For example by not taking down the tripod straight away. These are the two main elements i have learned from making this continuity sequence.